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My doctor prescribed levaquin for a sinus infection AND possible ...

Posted at 11:22 AM on Mar 20, 2009 by sbishop, #40114
My doctor prescribed levaquin for a sinus infection AND possible stomach ulcer - kill 2 birds with one stone. Took one pill yesterday and had a rather quiet evening. Very difficult to wake up this morning, but got up anyway and headed to work. Found it VERY difficult to drive!! I was shocked - I didn't realize until I got part of the way to work that I was extremely spacey. Maybe the coffee I'm drinking this morning is spreading the drug around in my body / brain?? After arriving at work, felt even worse, and became very irritable. Want to just close my eyes and go to sleep! I have cold chills and I also feel very depressed and started to cry for NO reason. I called my doctor and she said to stop taking it right away. As a side note - I have just started taking Femera (post cancer medicine) about 2 weeks ago and wonder if it's a combination of both of these drugs that is making me not feel well, or if it's just the Levaquin...I feel a lot worse emotionally today than I did yesterday, so for that fact alone, I know it's the Levaquin that's doing it. I agree with other posters that I would not take this drug again unless it was absolutely necessary. The sinus headache was bad, but feeling like this is WORSE. I feel out of control and like an emotional wreck.
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Reply 7 months ago on Mar 20, 2009 by antileviquin, #18280

I'm sorry to hear what you are going through. It brings back some very bad memories too. It is the Levaquin. I could barely keep my eyes open for 4 hours out of 24 in the beginning. Walking to another room was a chore. The chills and the drenching night sweats were horrible. Please be careful for a while and let us know how you are doing. This stuff is poison.

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Reply 7 months ago on Mar 24, 2009 by nkrenz, #18426

please let me know when the symptoms subside? I have taken Levaquin 750 for the last 5 days for walking pnemonia, but at that time at least I could walk, now I have charley horses in both calves and have stopped taking the Levaqun - do you still have problems? I called the Levaquin website and was told that the risk of tendon rupture will continue for MONTHs after I stop taking the drug, how could they get approval for such a dangerous drug?

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